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Connecting IT Customers with Social Networking
Connecting IT Customers with Social Networking Who’s Doing It?75 percent of respondents use social networks and 50 percent use microblogging for business purposes. The most common departments using consumer-based social networking for business purposes:• marketing and communications • human relations• customer service departments No Title SMBs Dive InSmall and medium-sized businesses are also taking advantage…
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SMBs Eye SaaS Managed Services in 2010
SMBs Eye SaaS Managed Services in 2010 No Title CompTIA’s survey of more than 400 SMBs across the United States shows that VARS may be well-advised to approach SMBs with low-risk and replacement SaaS and managed services solutions that promise rapid return and positive impacts on productivity and efficiency. No Title Results also show…
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Nexsan, FalconStor Prep Fast, Green Backup
Late next month, Nexsan Technologies will ship a new line of data protection and disaster recovery appliances bundled with deduplication software from FalconStor Software. The Nexsan DeDupe SG (Speed with Green) 2.0 with the new version of FalconStor’s File-interface Deduplication System (FDS) 2.0 is targeted at data protection and disaster recovery applications that require high-performance…
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SGI Launches Channel Program with Best of Rackable and Old SGI
Nine months after Rackable Systems announced plans to acquire technology icon Silicon Graphics (SGI) for $25 million, the combined company, under the name SGI is rolling out a new channel partner program built out of the best practices of both companies. The acquisition was completed in May 2009 for $42.5 million. The new SGI channel…
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SAIC Buys CloudShield Technologies
Science Applications and International Corporation (SAIC) last week bolstered its IT security play with the acquisition of the cybersecurity services-oriented CloudShield Technologies. Like SAIC, CloudShield specializes in public sector work, as well as in serving the security service provider market with tools to manage their own clients’ environments. CloudShield provides infrastructure security solutions and services…
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LSI Fuels 6Gb/s SAS Channel
With more people needing faster access to more data at lower prices, the pressure to evolve the 6Gb/s SAS ecosystem is growing and LSI is helping to lead the way with its latest controller cards and host bus adapters. And its chosen route to market is the channel, says LSI’s Suresh Panikar, senior manager, worldwide…
